Whether you’re using a headset microphone to chat in games or recording with a USB mic, we’ll share some advice to fix a lack of input or unreliable mic issues. This list was inspired by issues I had with my mic cutting out while playing Overwatch, but it should prove helpful for all kinds of input problems.
I often have to switch between audio output from my speakers and my headset (P5Q mobo with integrated sound and Microsoft headset). I've already got it so that when my headset is plugged in, sound will be played through it, and if it isn't, sound will play through my speakers. The problem is that if I have a game or similar program started while my headset is plugged in, if I unplug it, I will get no sound. Also, if I start the program with no headset, and plug it in, I get sound still through speakers.
Is there any way to do this? This depends completely on both the application and sound card. Generally speaking, applications can 'request' sound on a certain device, (and give you the option to change devices). Games on the other hand requests sound when they start running (through DirectX) and then keep playing through it.
In some games you can restart the sound system by changing sound settings in-game, such as if the game offers 3d sound, or any sort of 'advanced' effect, however generally speaking, volume alone does not do this. The best alternative that is guaranteed to work is to get a speaker with a headset port as the moment you plug in a headset, the speakers will output to it. Unfortunately for you, I have never seen one with a USB headset socket. If you want to manually move the audio, you can do so in the Control Panel. Here are instructions:. Right-click on the volume icon and choose. Right-click on the device you want audio going to and choose Set As Default Device That's it.
Audio will now route there immediately. Note that this is new to Windows 7 and won't work on Vista or XP. Note: if you are using Windows 7 (which your tags seem to indicate you are), I would have thought it should work regardless. Windows 7 adds a new feature to route the audio on the fly to a newly arriving device like a USB headset. Likewise, when you unplug the headset, the audio will re-route to the last device it was playing on.
ElenaInez wrote: I have a USB Plantonics headset plugged into my Intel iMac (10.6.) I can hear the internal sound effects from my computer but not audio from anything coming from the internet. Settings are correctly set for the USB and volume is up. Sounds do come from speakers when settings are changed to internal speakers but I want to listen to Internet content w/o disturbing others. Any helpful hints? Just to make sure I understand you, you're saying that you've gone to System PreferencesSound and set the output to come through your USB Plantronics device. It should actually spell it by name.
Use the Sound preference to test to see if you hear it. Make sure nothing is plugged into the sound output on your MBP like external speakers. That seems to cause issues. Otherwise, this should be plug and play.
I'm hoping it's a very simple issue for you. Thanks for your posts. I double checked the settings in System Preferences and both input and output are set for the Plantronics headset. I also tried to change the default settings in the AudioMidi setup but though the headset shows up in the list and I can select it I don't know if this is enough to make it the default. At least the pulldown menu next to Source says default but is grayed out. I can hear the computer alert sounds through the headset but when I go into the internet (I use Firefox) I cannot hear sounds in greeting cards, YouTube videos etc.
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As soon as I pull out the USB Adapter for the headset the audio reverts to the built in speakers and I can hear through them fine. I obtained the Mic/headset through MacSpeech and use it primarily for dictating with MacSpeech/Dragon software. They don't seem to provide support for the microphone however, and Plantronics doesn't seem to list this particular model on their website.
If I were to have to download a driver I'm not sure where I would get it. Thanks for your help.
Eileen PS I don't know why this got posted in this forum.I thought it was going into Sounds. Apple Footer. This site contains user submitted content, comments and opinions and is for informational purposes only.
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